Why 64% of Hires Don't Work Out — and How AI-Powered Hiring Changes That
The real cost of a bad hire — salary, training, replacement, disruption — quantified for an Indian SMB, and specifically how skill-fit matching reduces it.
What you’ll take away from this post
- A bad hire costs 1-3× annual salary when you include training, disruption, and replacement
- 64% of hiring failures trace back to skill mismatch, not attitude or culture fit
- Skill-verified hiring reduces mismatch at the source — before the first interview
- AI bias monitoring prevents demographic factors from contaminating shortlisting
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